Cassie’s work at JRF includes funding strategy, innovation, and field-building. She was previously Deputy Director of Funding Strategy at The National Lottery Community Fund. She’s the co-founder of The Point People, the founder of Stewarding Loss, and co-founder of Funder Ecosystems. Cassie is a Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and co-lead of Philea’s Imagination and Foresight and Regenerative Futures Community of Practice. She is on the steering group for Onward's Social Fabric Programme, the Advisory Group for the Law Family Commission on Civil Society and the Strategy Group of the Funders’ Collaborative Hub. An experienced strategic designer, Cassie is a Nesta Creative Pioneer, and sits on the Board of Organise HQ. She has a Policy Fellowship at the Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL and teaches on the MSc in Ecological Design at Schumacher College. She is on the Faculty of States of Change, and is one of the International Futures Forum Clan.
Twitter: @CassieRobinson
Earlier this month, along with a group of partners, we hosted Next Frontiers: unlocking resources in this time of crisis and possibility. This blog shares a short summary of some of the rich themes our speakers explored.
Last year we initiated the New Frontiers in Philanthropy and Investment conference. In total we had 900 people attending across the two days. You can see the programme (and watch back all the sessions too) as well as our reflections.
A few weeks ago Sophia published a blog sharing the overall plans for the Emerging Futures work in 2023. This blog digs more deeply into one strand of work - the Pathfinders. This is an inspiring ecosystem of practitioners across the UK who are actively building alternative futures in their neighbourhoods and communities.
Finding and resourcing visionaries
We are looking for a partner to work with us to host and curate a community of practice for the next 12 months. Find out how to apply, and learn more about the wider work JRF and others are doing in this area, in this blog from Cassie Robinson.
Last week, 57 pioneering speakers from around the world came together with over 500 people online and in person at the beautiful King’s Place in London to reflect on the new frontiers of philanthropy and investment.
An invitation to 'save the date' for a two-day conference - New frontiers in funding, philanthropy and investment.
As JRF starts a new programme of work dedicated to redesigning our economic and social models to reduce poverty, Cassie Robinson explains how she’ll be supporting our first steps.